AXN is an Asian pay television channel owned by KC Global Media Asia based in

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. It primarily airs action,

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, and reality shows. The network was formerly wholly owned by

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, but the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa channels were sold to KC Global Media in January 2020.

Programming

AXN primarily airs American and British shows (including selected shows from Sony Pictures Television, as well as third-party content from

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, NBCUniversal Television and

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), with new episodes airing on the same day after their U.S. telecast. The channel also airs original programming specifically made for Southeast Asian viewers, as well as Hollywood box office movies from

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(

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and TriStar) was officially formal and full launched on 13 June 2021 after successfully completes its first movie transmission from Singapore with '' Killshot'' and successfully completes its first movie transmission from its regional headquarters at Changi Business Park, Singapore with ''

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'' on 20 June 2021.

Anime programming

Upon its launch, in the late 1990s and early 21st century, AXN used to broadcast several

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series, many of them in Japanese audio with English subtitles and held annual anime festivals around Southeast Asia. Its anime programming would later be moved to

Animax Asia Animax is the pay television channel in Asia owned by KC Global Media Asia which broadcasts Japanese language anime and Simulcast anime, anime programming through English-language feeds in Southeast Asia (formerly including Brunei), South Asia (e ...

in 2004, the preparations for which Sony had been planning since the late 1990s. In the last quarter of 2010, selected English-dubbed anime programs from Animax Asia were broadcast during mornings and late-afternoon. This feed was then made available in the Philippines only, but was discontinued in August 2016 as AXN would focus on its main programming.

Original productions

* ''

The Amazing Race Asia ''The Amazing Race Asia'' is an Asian adventure reality game show based on the international ''Amazing Race'' franchise. Following the premise of other versions of the format, the show follows teams of two as they race across Asia and around the ...

'' - a local version of the American reality competition series ''

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''; the fifth season premiered in 2016. * ''

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'' * ''

The Apprentice Asia ''The Apprentice Asia'' is an Asian reality game show that was broadcast from May until July 2013. In this show, a group of aspiring young businesspeople compete for the chance to work with the host of the show, Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernand ...

'' - premiered in 2013, revived as ''The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition'' in 2021''.'' * '' Asia's Got Talent'' - premiered in 2015; second season premiered in 2017; third season to air in late 2018. * ''

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Asia'' * ''

The Contender Asia ''The Contender Asia'' (known as The Contender: Kickboxer in the United Kingdom, and The Contender: Muay Thai in the United States) was a reality-based television series that follows 16 Muay Thai middleweight fighters from 12 countries as they ...

'' -

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boxing reality show similar to '' The Contender''; season 1 premiered on January 16, 2008 * '' The Duke'' - men's lifestyle magazine talk show; season 1 premiered in 2009 * ''e-Buzz'' - entertainment news show, hosted by Jaymee Ong; ongoing * '' The Kitchen Musical'' (was available in

) * ''Sony Style'' - lifestyle and entertainment magazine show sponsored by Sony; seasons two and three hosted by Oli Pettigrew * ''Ultimate Escape'' - holiday adventure show; the first season aired from October 29, 2007, to November 19, 2007

Feeds

* AXN Southeast Asia (Panregional feed reaching most countries in the region) *

AXN India AXN was an Indian pay television channel that was owned by Sony Pictures Networks. Funded through advertising and subscription fees, AXN primarily focused on action genre and reality programming. History AXN launched in the Indian subcontin ...

* AXN Japan * AXN Korea (joint venture with CU Media. Airs Local shows along with international shows) * AXN Philippines (separated from the SEA feed including local advertisements, and movies) * AXN Taiwan (Different from Asian Feed) * AXN Beyond (later known as BeTV; now

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) * AXN Beyond Malaysia * AXN Beyond Pan-regional * AXN Beyond Philippines There are two feeds for the channel. One is aimed at viewers in Hong Kong and Thailand only, while the other one is aimed towards the rest of the region. Programming on both feeds are the same, with the exception of local advertisement and promo timings. This is also the case with the Philippine feed, which sometimes modifies its own programming due to broadcast issues.

AXN HD

AXN first launched its high-definition feed in Korea on 1 March 2009 and was later made available in Singapore on

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on 25 May 2010. In Malaysia, it was launched on 16 June 2010 on

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and NJOI.AXN HD in Malaysia
In Thailand it was launched on 12 July 2011 on

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and in India it was made availave on Videocon D2H on 19 July 2014. It premiered in Sri Lanka on Dialog TV 2013. In the Philippines it was launched on 20 April 2015 on

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and

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in Singapore.

References

External links

*
Official India website

Official Taiwan website

Official Japan website

AXN Asia Schedule

AXN Asia
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